Gerald Pascarelli joined Needham & Company in 2024 to cover Consumer with a focus in Beverages, Consumer Products, and Cannabis. He has over a decade of experience as an analyst covering the Consumer Sector. Gerald joins Needham after most recently spending two years at Wedbush Securities as a senior analyst covering Beverages and Cannabis. Prior […]
Tom Nikic joined Needham & Company in 2024 to cover Apparel & Footwear. He has nearly 15 years of experience in Equity Research covering Consumer. Most recently Tom spent three years at Wedbush Securities. Prior to that he held senior positions at Wells Fargo, Sterne Agee and Cowen. Tom graduated from Binghamton University with a […]
Shawn Messner joined Needham & Company in 2019. His responsibilities include the origination and execution of public and private financings, and mergers and acquisitions. He currently heads Needham’s activities related to the cannabis, food and beverage technology, and agriculture technology industries. Over his approximately 22-year career, Shawn has been responsible for 150+ equity financings and […]
Bernie McTernan joined Needham & Company in 2021 as a Senior Research Analyst based in NYC covering the Internet & Consumer Technology sector. Bernie has well over a decade of equity research experience on the sell and buyside. Most recently Bernie was a Senior Analyst at Rosenblatt Securities, prior to that he worked as an […]
Chris Pierce joined Needham & Company, LLC in 2020 as a research analyst covering Internet Services, transitioning from an equity trading background. He also covers Transportation Technology. Most recently, he spent four years Balyasny Asset Management trading TMT & HC out of their San Francisco office. Prior to that he spent 10 years as a […]
Mike Staff joined Needham & Company in 2006 and currently serves as a Managing Director out of Needham’s Boston office. His responsibilities include working on IPOs, mergers & acquisitions, and private financings across both Consumer and B2B businesses. Verticals of focus include e-Commerce, Marketplaces, Education Technology, Financial Technology, Internet & Tech-Enabled Services, SMB Software and […]